Episode #567
News Items
- Failure Is an Option
- Prosecuting Climate Change Denial
- Lost Mayan City Is Neither
- Why is Space Three Dimensional
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers have developed a tiny robot you can swallow as a pill, it then unfolds and can perform surgery from the inside. http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/12/origami-robot-surgeon/
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have discovered the first eukaryotes without any trace of mitochondrial genes. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/first-eukaryotes-found-without-normal-cellular-power-supply
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Item #3
Fiction
New archaeological evidence suggests that Bronze Age ceramics were often mass produced, consistent with assembly line production. http://phys.org/news/2016-05-archaeological-method-children-skilled-ceramists.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.’ – Charles Darwin